The Sunday Briefing: Kevin "iacog4" Iacofano Wins Sunday Million for $197,000

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Dec 03, 2012 3 min read

Sunday was a day of redemption for Kevin "iacog4" Iacofano. After finishing runner-up in the PokerStars Sunday Million in April of this year, the London-based poker pro made another run at it Sunday, this time taking it down for $197,052.26 after a heads-up deal. Meanwhile, Emil "Emilohlsson" Ohlsson earned $69,809.12 for topping a field of 826 players in the PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed).

Here's a look at the results from the Sunday Majors on PokerStars:

PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	7,184	$1,436,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kevin "iacog4" Iacofano	$197,052.26*
2	dulek_jason	$177,052.27*
3	19VICTOR89	$114,944
4	WATnlos	$76,150.40
5	Franzimoore	$58,908.80
6	tomc1s	$44,540.80
7	Mellow-Peach	$30,891.20
8	austin.xd	$17,241.60
9	Taffyfella	$11,135.20

*Denotes heads-up deal.

Notable Finishes: Adam "AJunglen7" Junglen (20th - $3,347.74), Johnny Lodden (68th - $2,054.62)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	3,552	$710,400

The PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed) proved a tremendous success, drawing 3,552 runners and surpassing the guarantee by creating a prize pool of $710,400. A total of 540 spots were paid, and some notables managed a small payday: Maxim Lykov (155th - $674.88), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (76th - $1,136.64), David "dpeters17" Peters (38th - $1,456.32) and Toni Judet (13th - $3,196.80).

Place	Player	Prize
1	salfshb	$111,533.97
2	Butros	$83,116.80
3	zamyak	$58,608
4	jurata_PL	$40,848
5	Stjemeskud	$30,192
6	jdimindtrix	$23,088
7	gmcrafter	$15,984
8	DuduPoker-Br	$8,880
9	PPP-30NA	$5,683.20

PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	826	$413,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Emil "Emilohlsson" Ohlsson	$69,809.12*
2	Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant	$49,480.78*
3	icntplypkr	$48,801.10*
4	Infiniti312	$29,942.50
5	stepan666666	$20,815.20
6	Ansgar2000	$16,520
7	AverageGreg	$12,390
8	ItsMyReality	$8,260
9	asdf78	$4,956

*Denotes three-handed deal.

Notable Finishes: "ThePateychuk" (24th - $1,858.50), George Danzer (43rd - $1,445.50), Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen (53rd - $1,280.30), Matthias "mattidm" de Meulder (81st - $991.20), Angel Guillen (82nd - $908.60)

PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Rebuys	Add-on s	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,059	1,458	877	$339,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Killer_ooooo	$62,449.60
2	aless_84	$45,309.90
3	Jonathan "MONSTER_DONG" Karamalikis	$33,940
4	kimokh	$25,455
5	Stavros "IDOLLS" Kalfas	$17,818.50
6	gortsos	$14,424.50
7	I Gana Eat U	$11,030.50
8	Also11	$7,636.50
9	mcbleeman	$4,751.60

Notable Finishes: Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara (34th - $1,187.90), Randal "RandALLin" Flowers (40th - $1,018.20), Mike "Timex" McDonald (42nd - $1,018.20), Thiago "XTheDecanoX" Nishijima (61st - $746.69), Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladoceur (63rd - $746.68), Maxim Lykov (67th - $746.68), Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane (73rd - $712.74)

PokerStars Bigger $109 ($160K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	3,238	$323,800

Place	Player	Prize
1	~IVIeltdown~	$50,999.37
2	Nur1ck	$38,046.50
3	GGGYFI	$27,199.20
4	Faith#1Virtu	$18,618.50
5	Broose51	$14,085.30
6	bananeraise	$10,847.30
7	g.karolis	$7,609.30
8	inca7bar	$4,377.77
9	mextrex	$2,752.30

Notable Finishes: "Gags30" (24th - $890.45), Martin "AABenjaminAA" Hruby (70th - $550.46)

PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$150+$12	1,706	$255,900

Place	Player	Prize
1	spetsem	$37,688.62*
2	highland	$35,000*
3	idolaf	$23,031
4	MAMOHT_T	$17,145.30
5	Twengod	$12,155.25
6	setarcos1234	$9,596.25
7	marktb	$7,037.25
8	nineallday00	$4,478.25
9	Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero	$2,559

*Denotes heads-up deal.

Notable Finishes: Jordan "JMaster130" Young (27th - $998.01), Matthias "mattidm" de Meulder (89th - $486.21), George Danzer (92nd - $460.62)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,367	$273,400

Place	Player	Prize
1	Maethi	$47,188.84
2	Sedoj77	$34,175
3	bahia	$25,973
4	kirbynator	$19,028.64
5	a$$ou	$13,533.30
6	Die Ventura	$10,799.30
7	J_Dianda	$8,065.30
8	Chojjasd	$5,331.30
9	ismttt	$3,007.40

Notable Finishes: Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti (19th - $1,148.28), Nick "FU_15" Mamoine (25th - $1,148.28), "omilik" (27th - $1,148.28), Matthias "mattidm" de Meulder (42nd - $874.88)

PokerStars Sunday Storm ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$10+$1	36,258	$362,580

Place	Player	Prize
1	angvalt	$24,231.33*
2	gogosaru2005	$26,466.27*
3	MaxOdoev	$18,699.77*
4	AQ_never	$11,602.56
5	abbarg	$7,976.76
6	jackson18249	$4,894.83
7	33@sue@33	$3,353.86
8	Szilvi11	$2,356.77
9	Vitaminb6	$1,649.73

*Denotes three-handed deal.

PokerStars Sunday Kickoff ($100K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,764	$176,400

Vincent "Vingtcent" Van Der Fluit (11th - $1,375.92) and Douglas "Dowgh-Santos" Ferreira (13th - $1,084.86) finished just shy of the Sunday Kickoff final table. After a heads-up deal, "monstrooo1" took it down for about $25,000.

Place	Player	Prize
*1	monstrooo1	$24,823.06
*2	Aussie_star1	$24,568.94
3	volgot	$15,876
4	cristi888	$11,598.30
5	ynd!	$8,379
6	Allan "Sifosis" Baekke	$6,526.80
7	danistiofi	$4,762.80
8	betojch	$3,087
9	kieranonstar	$1,764